Today I get rid of my runflats

[TW]Fox;10918198 said:
They usually pick the top tyres on the market at the time. They can't test them all due to lack of space.
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What do they define as top tyres, best sellers?
 
[TW]Fox;10918152 said:
v0n! New car?
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For months now. Was supposed to be Subaru Legacy, but couldn't find a good example in the spec I wanted anywhere in the kingdom..
 
I'll be very interested to hear your thoughts on the difference between the runflats and the new rubber. I'm considering getting rid of the runflats on my motor straight away but it'll be expensive and I don't know if it's worthwhile.
 
Giddy said:
Don't think you get them on the new ones Scuzi.
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They come with runflats as standard I'm afraid. Along with the sport suspension and 18" wheels the ride can be fairly unsettled at times.

Only the Z4M comes as standard without the runflats.
 
Arh well... simple solution, buy new wheels and tyres and keep the run flats on the original wheels and then put them back on the car when you come to sell. That or dispose of them quickly with a few track days :)
 
[TW]Fox;10917290 said:
I'd rather not wait until then to find out that actually, 452's are not all that.
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That would be your fault. One of the first things you do when you get new tyres is do a few emergency stops to find out how they handle.
 
Butters said:
Could this be also true with the Z4 and by putting non run flats on you are altering the cars handling charateristics?
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I think that needs to be taken with a pinch of salt to be honest, otherwise fitting anything other than BMW wheels/tyres would be a no no!

Wolfchild said:
Got 4 on my 330i and they are superb
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Good to know, most of the suspension on the Z4 comes from the 3 series anyway ;)

barnettgs said:
Do all BMWs come with runflat tyres? I have read many complaints about it, it makes you wonder why BMW cares? :confused:
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It saves them money, no spare and then can use the space where the spare would be, probably a massive deal with the tyre manufacturers.

Scuzi said:
I'll be very interested to hear your thoughts on the difference between the runflats and the new rubber. I'm considering getting rid of the runflats on my motor straight away but it'll be expensive and I don't know if it's worthwhile.
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Sure I will let you know, you could always come down for a spin.

Huge queue today so I've booked the car in for 08:30 tomorrow.
 
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[TW]Fox;10917290 said:
I don't know why the 452's are suddenly becoming popular as they've never been properly tested in any decent tests and it all seems to stem from the fact someone once bought some for his 5 Series on the 5 Series forum in BMWLand thought 'THESE ARE GREAT LIKE INNIT' despite not being a tyre tester and now suddenly everyone is buying them becuase they are cheap.

I'll wait until there is a subjective test between them and the top brands before I'd consider fitting them. Some of the performance advantages from premium brand tyres never make themselves known until you one day need to stop quickly in an emergency situation. I'd rather not wait until then to find out that actually, 452's are not all that.
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They've got a lot of love on sxoc as well. The consensus seems to be they're not as good as Eage F1's but a lot cheaper and not that much worse, about on par with toyo proxies. I put some on the back of my sx last week and they seem to grip much better than the worn out Nexen crap that was on though that's hardly surprising. I'll reserve judgement until I've gone on track with them and can compare them with my spare set of F1's.
 
AcidHell2 said:
That would be your fault. One of the first things you do when you get new tyres is do a few emergency stops to find out how they handle.
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What a load of ****! If you do, I bet you're about the only person on here who thinks, 'hmm, I've got me some new tyres, best test the emergency stop characteristics'
 
Dfhaii said:
What a load of ****! If you do, I bet you're about the only person on here who thinks, 'hmm, I've got me some new tyres, best test the emergency stop characteristics'
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Whenever I fit new tyres and get a couple of hundred miles on them I like to go to a quiet industrial estate at night and do a bit of testing. Emergency stops amongst a few other things. Different tyres can react in very different manners in these circumstances and it's good roadmanship (is there such a word) to learn these characteristics as soon as you can.
 
Isn't the whole idea of an emergency stop stopping asap. As such by knowing the characteristics do you think 'I don't need to plant the stoppers yet because I know these babies'll grip'?
 
all the new tyres ive had have been pretty damn ropey when new and have taken in the region of 300 miles to have semi usable grip
 
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